It's excellent wood. When I was growing up and the folks had a fireplace, that is all we burned was fruit wood from all the orchards around. Apple, pear, cherry, you name it. Bradford ornamental pear I have never burned, but being similar, I imagine it is the same. Heck, I have even burned orange and grapefruit and various other species of citrus tree wood before, in my outside pit in flourdough when I lived there. Great stuff. It's heavy/dense/wet (most of it) and with the exception of cherry hard to split usually, but well worth grabbing.

Lemon wood harvesting (and picking lemons) separates the men..from the men with holes in their hands...don't ask me how I know this...

Some guy at work asked me if I wanted some firewood his friend cut down.......he said it is a "pear" tree....although I am not sure what type of pear wood it is.

He said I can have it for free........is pear good firewood to burn inside? I cant find it in the btu list.

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Have an old one in the yard. It's so tough the inside is all hollow. Trim it from time to time. Been here for 18 years and this pear tree looks exactly like when we moved here. Burns fine, good coals. Grab it.

Even people outdoors will love your fireplace when burning Pear with the purfume it makes in smoke.
Great BTU similar to hickory, great coals like Sugar maple, starts easy like Ash, splits semi easy and not stringy.
One of the longer time cure woods though, so expect the best fire after a year of good sunny windy cure location with a trap to stop the bulk of rain but not the bulk of air.

Apple and Pear are #1 on my list of the best.
2 trees that even the little stuff gets collected

Any wood burns better than a Snowball.
Split/stack/season and burn it.
Some Species give more heat, more ash, nice smell ect..
That I one of the many reasons I love burning firewood.
The knowledge and the hobby.